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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (8)	5/4/2008 6:55:12 PM
From: SI Bob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78

Dude, I don't need that stuff. Like Tom Veale, I'm a certified (and certifiable) high performance driving instructor. Yes, I can even outmaneuver light. <g> Seriously, the times I've been pulled over, I really have to bite my tongue to not say "You know, I let you pull me over." Matt was with me once when I was in my 89 Taurus SHO and a cop did a u-turn and took off after me and I gunned it, saying "If he succeeds in writing this ticket, it's gonna be hard-earned", fully intending to outrun him once I got onto some seriously twisty and unoccupied roads nearby, but it was Matt's pleading that got me to pull over. Vaguely reminds me of a Drew Carey joke. Love his standup, hate his improv, btw. He said that once he started making lots of money, he realized that for relatively small amounts of it he could easily make people do unpleasant things. Case in point. On a cold night that the rain was pouring down in buckets, he got pulled over by a cop and when the shivering, drenched officer asked if he knew why he pulled him over, he took his time and lazily replied from the comfort of his car, "Sure. Do you know why I ran the stop sign?" Edit: Similarly, John (aka "Meatloaf") was with me when I bought my 99 F350 new. The salesman and I agreed on a price and he whipped out the finance documents and said, "So how much do you want to put down on it?" and I said, while casually getting out the checkbook, "Oh, I was thinking 100%" as I wrote out a check for the price of the truck. I gave it to him and when he took it to the sales manager, John looked at me and said "You know, I bet for another $100 you could've made him eat a bug."